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Rhetorical Device Vocab.

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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1.

What is Alliteration?

a)

The repetition at close intervals of consonant sounds for a purpose. For example: wailing in the winter wind.

b)

A reference to something in literature, history, mythology, religious texts, etc., considered common knowledge.

c)

Double or even multiple meaning

d)

A narrative in which the characters often stand for abstract concepts. An allegory generally teaches a lesson by means of an interesting story

2.

What is Allusion?

a)

A point by point comparison between two dissimilar things for the purpose of clarifying the less familiar of the two things

b)

A reference to something in literature, history, mythology, religious texts, etc., considered common knowledge.

c)

The character or force that opposes the protagonist. (It can be a character, an animal, a force, or a weakness of the character.)

d)

The repetition at close intervals of vowel sounds for a purpose. For example: mad as a hatter.

3.

What is Imagery?

a)

An exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect

b)

A word-for-word interpretation for what is written or said.

c)

Words and phrases that create vivid experiences or a picture for the reader.

d)

A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two seemingly unlike things, as in the phrase “evening of life.”

4.

A contrast between appearance and actuality is?

a)

Irony

b)

Metaphor

c)

Mood

d)

Imagery

5.

Verbal Irony?

a)

A figure of speech in which two contradictory words or phrases are combined.

b)

Occurs when the reader knows information that the characters do not.

c)

Occurs when something happens that is entirely different from what is expected.

d)

A writer says one thing, but means something entirely different.

6.

Occurs when something happens that is entirely different from what is?

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Irony

7.

Dramatic Irony

a)

Occurs when the reader knows information that the characters do not.

b)

When something happens that is entirely different from what is expected.

c)

When a writer says one thing but means something entirely different.

d)

A word-for-word interpretation for what is written or said.

8.

A figure of speech in which a comparison or analogy is made between two seemingly unlike things, as in the phrase “evening of life.”

a)

Pun

b)

Satire

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

9.

Hyperbole

a)

a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

b)

An exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect.

c)

A figure of speech in which a comparison or analogy is made between two seemingly unlike things

d)

a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.

10.

Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which two contradictory words or phrases are combined in a single expression, giving the effect of a condensed paradox: “wise fool,” “cruel kindness.” Which of the below is NOT an Oxymoron?

a)

Fat boy Slim

b)

Controlled chaos

c)

Organized mess

d)

Small Girl

11.

A literary technique in which foolish ideas or customs are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society.

a)

Pun

b)

Satire

c)

Paradox

d)

Oxymoron

12.

Pun: A form of wit, not necessarily funny, involving a play on a word with two or more meanings.

Select the Image that IS NOT a Pun.

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